Fees for medical and dental seats likely to increase by 10%

Students aspiring for medical and dental seats in the State will have to brace themselves up as fees are likely to be increased by 10% for the 2018-2019 academic year. It will apply to government quota and institutional quota seats.

With this hike, an MBBS seat is likely to cost ₹77,000 for the government quota category in private medical colleges. A seat under the institutional quota in private medical colleges may cost ₹6.32 lakh.

The fees for postgraduate courses have been increased by 15%.

There has been a steep increase in the fee structure for medical and dental courses since the introduction of the National Eligibility-cum-Entrance Test.

Despite this, Karnataka has one of the lowest fee structure for these courses when compared with other States.

M.R. Jayaram, chairman Karnataka Professional Colleges Foundation, said that they were demanding that the fees be increased by 15%.

“The State government had already agreed to a 10% hike last year for the coming two years. We want an additional increase, but the State government is not agreeing to our demand,” he said.